The Republican journal., 1887-09-29
Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STA
SCHOOLS OF MAINE FOR 1887

Maine Matters.
SCHOOLS OF MAINE FOR 1887.
From the tabulated returns of schools Off
GERS of the cities, towns and plantations in the
State, the following facts have been gathered
IN comparing the returns of 1856 and 1887: !:
Whole number of pupils of school age, decrease
2OS; whole number registered in summer and
fall schools, increase, 1895; average attendance
in summer and fall schools, increase, 2OO3 ;
number registered in spring and winter schools
inc, 1872; average attendance in spring and
winter schools, inc, 62O; per cent. Of average
attendance to whole number, inc, .01 average
length of schools for year, % weeks, days,
inc, W., 3 d.; number school districts in State
2539. dec, 50; number school houses in State,
43l0, dec, 2; number school houses reported in
good repair, 3144, dec, 129; number school
houses built during the year. 63. dec, 6; cost
of same, $l6O, ,141, inc, $l07.59S; estimated
value of all the school property in the State.
20, 3,3O6, 1861, inc, S196,622;: number male teach
crs employed summer and winter, dec, 80; !;
number female teachers emplyed summer and
winter, inc, 211; number teachers employed
graduates of Normal schools, inc, 80; amount
of money voted by towns for common schools,
inc. SAG, ,693; average amount per scholar. So
IA, increase, 5000; amount available for schools
from town treasures, inc, $42 ,536; amount
available for schools from State treasury, inc,
SS.SO2 total school resources, 81, ,123, ,G69, inc.
$41, ,15S; amount expended for common schools
81 ,057,5l3, inc, $43,772; amount paid for
school supervision, inc, $3.50.
REUNION OF THE FIFTEENTH MAINE.
The Fifteenth Maine Regiment began two
days reunion in Augusta Sept. 18th. some 125
veterans being in attendance. Meetings dcvot-
ed to business and speech-making were held in
the afternoon and evening. At p. NJ. they
visited the State House and viewed the battle
flags; also marched to the old tenting ground
near the State House. The old board of officers
was reelected in the evening as follows: Pres
ident, Col. Isaac Dyer, of Skowhcgan; Vice
Presidents. Lieut.. Henry S. Rich, of Mechanic
Falls, Capt. Joseph A. Clark, of Caribou, Capt.
James Walker, of Gardiner; Secretary and
Historian, Maj. Ii. A. Shorcy, of Bridgton;
Treasurer, Lieutenant John Mead. of North
the 14th with grand banquet in Grand Army
Hall, speeches being made after dinner by Col.
+. NJ. Drew, of Lewiston, Rev. q. K. Palmer,
Of Augusta, DIR. l.. +. Holmes, of Butte City,
Mont, Col. l. Dyer and others. The neXt re-
union will he held in Bangor.
GOOD FISHING.
Fishing in Maine has been better, this sea-
son. than for many previous years. This is
especially true of salmon fishing. The excel
lent luck of spOrtsmen ut Bangor. last June.
is well known. At Wilton pond i'm Franklin
county where five years ago there was not a
fish of the kind. many land-locked salmon have
been taken. Some excellent ones have been
taken, recently, at Mooseheal |. The commits
sioners are doing all they can, with the means
at their disposal, to stock other rivers and lakes
with this fish. \ new and expensive fishway
has been built at Bar Mills on the Saco river, in
which stream several good-siZed salmon have
been seen. Fishway> on the Presumpscot have
been repaired, and unless the pCachers are too
active, it is believed Sebago and the streams
leading from it will soon be stocked with excel
lent fish. New tishways have been constructed
and old ones repaired in Washington, Pcnob-
scot, Waldo and other counties.
THE DEXTER LINE TO MOosEHEAD.
An extension of the Dexter line ten or fif-
teen miles northward would strike the Piscat-
aquis at Dover and give the Maine Central Il
short cut TO Moosehead Lake and the Canadian
Pacific The prospect is now better than ever
that the road will be built. A committee Of
citizens has been appointed to solicit subscrip-
tions, and it is thought that the requisite
money will be easily raised. The construction
of this line will not necessarily be fatal to the
plan of railroad through the upper Kenne-
bee valley. Such road will be a commercial
necessity sooner or later. Portland Advcrtis
er.
IN GENERAL.
Interest in the scheme to build railroad
from Skowhegan to Athens Is reviving.
,,aoIar in ,lrossoI Loof h, f ;oJ It'll Jl ;I;t;
renorted at $40 0OO
The saco bank people have increased there
ward for the capture of McNealley, the bank
A. 'ros,,It ~ tho Eo,,,oIa ,,o an ,,o ; ~ ;+
the rumsellers $4,000 has been paid into the
county treasury and ten dealers are behind
prison bars.
Ex-Governor Dingley has accepted an invi-
taton to address an Industrial Convention to
he held nj Rirminoham about tho frst of Nov
nmher on ~ shnhmil5iinm "'''' '''' HIS VI 1>o''
Dr. \. r. koutelie' of Watcrvillc has taken
nrizcs ot every fair ot which hn lac ortoroI
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